House Minority vows thorough scrutiny of P4.506-T 2021 nat’l budget
House Minority Leader Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. assured the public that the opposition lawmakers will do their part in dissecting the 2021 national budget which is higher than this year’s budget by 9.9 percent and is equivalent to 21.8 percent of Gross Domestic Product .
He said while the Department of Budget and Management’s theme for next year’s budget is “Reset, Rebound, and Recover: Investing for Resiliency and Sustainability,” their group also adopted a “theme” on the budget process. Abante said they “are duty-bound to review the budget, reassess the priorities and line items, if necessary, and reallocate funds to other programs and projects that we believe require additional financial resources.”
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